Posts from ‘October, 2006’

Does anybody know the English and/or Italian name of these mushrooms, and if they exist there? In Swedish we call them trattkantareller.

.. I just got this from one of the B&B’s. Gentile Sig.ra B, Le faccio le mie congratulazioni per il Suo perfetto italiano ! I know it was a mild exaggeration, but it was enough to make this Signora molto, molto felice!

Thanks to this site I have now sent out an inquiry to almost every B&B in Rome, telling them (I hope) that we’re going to Rome in April and that I’m searching for a cheap room in a central location, breakfast included. The “I hope” part is because I wrote that message in Italian and [...]

If you aren’t shy of rapid speed Italian and in need of a good laugh, have a look at this video. (added later) For some reason I can’t get this song out of my head, that we sang in French class back in 7th grade. Un, deux kilomêtres à pied, ca use, ca use Un, [...]

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. – Sarah Bernhardt I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. – Diane Ackerman